For those of you who think Canada is a communist country, think again. It’s still very much a pioneer country, full of self-reliant settlers. I know - I grew up in a community that was only one or two generations away from the original settlers. Along our concession there were signs of failed settlers - stone foundations of abandoned structures. Our house was built from glacial errata, stones picked off the field, not by choice, but by necessity, if you wanted to grow things. That was my most hated activity as a kid, riding the stone boat behind the tractor, picking stones off the field.

That’s what I like about nostr, it feels very much like a pioneer endeavour. Lots of abandoned stone foundations (nostr clients) but lots of hope to build something greater and lasting.

A country is greater than its government of the day. Canada is about devolved and post-national as you can get, but still be recognized as a country. As a kid, the bulk of our media came across the Great Lakes in the form of AM radio stations from Detroit, Cincinnati, and Chicago. To this day, even though Canadian, I have more in common with my fellow midwesterners in the US than I do in other parts of Canada. But we were not borne out of a revolution, but we had to come together to survive a much harsher northern climate.

In the end, I’m excited for nostr - not for what it stands against - but what is stands for - the return to self-reliance, self-sovereignty and the acceptance into a network of your own choosing - not mandated by a government or a border.

#nostr